Well, I always love Kelley Armstrong books. This one did not quite feel like her usual style, but that does not mean I didn't enjoy it. In fact, I read it all in one sitting. It had some scary moments, but it felt like the plot/character development happened a bit too quickly and/or not enough for me. Particularly, the ending felt a bit rushed. Overall, a three star rating as it certainly hooks your interest and it was a different plot idea. ( )

Armstrong has this wonderful way of really getting the reader pulled into her characters and this short book is no exception to this rule. The Unquiet Past focuses on a young orphan girl looking for answers about her past and in turn gets a mystery and adventure.

This book was not entirely what I expected of it - seeing the cover and reading the synopsis, I was thinking more horror than mystery. That being said, I love a good mystery and this holds up pretty well in the genre.

Tess was a little naive at times and that made me want to whack her in the head but otherwise she was a great point of view for this story. We follow her through her story as she tries to piece together what happened to her parents, and really it is about the adventure and the journey. Once you find out what happened it is brushed over and then the story ends - thus the 4 and not a 5 star rating.

Overall this was a semi-spooky, mysterious book, that I very much enjoyed. If you are a fan of mystery I think this will be for you. ( )

The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. -- Albert Einstein

Dedication

For Julia

First words

TESS SNEAKED OUT of the orphanage a couple of hours before dawn.

Quotations

[one of the responses to the orphans' game of 'Who am I?']I'm an alien, beamed down to earth until my eighteenth birthday, when my programming will trigger and I'll take over the world, mwa-ha-ha. (chapter 2)